John Prescott

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Can someone tell me why John Prescott wasn't prosecuted for assault when he punched that guy in the face.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the guy who threw the egg get charged ?

Mind you I'd have charged him for missing the target !!!

 

[corgiman]

Can someone tell me why John Prescott wasn't prosecuted for assault when he punched that guy in the face.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the guy who threw the egg get charged ?

Mind you I'd have charged him for missing the target !!!

the bloke did not want to press charges, and prescott did not press charges so he werent charged, he was how ever arrested which presser was not

copper probably afaird the fat bastard would eat all off the stations pies

 

[Richardp]

Can someone tell me why John Prescott wasn't prosecuted for assault when he punched that guy in the face.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the guy who threw the egg get charged ?

Mind you I'd have charged him for missing the target !!!

What would you have done if the guy threw an egg at you?

 

[notb665]

Can someone tell me why John Prescott wasn't prosecuted for assault when he punched that guy in the face.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the guy who threw the egg get charged ?

Mind you I'd have charged him for missing the target !!!

What would you have done if the guy threw an egg at you?

Ducked.

 

[JohnD]

I actually would have supported Prescott for that. It wasn't like a brawl in a pub, or beating up his wife like a cricketer or footballer does.

Unlike most senior politicians, soft Scottish-educated lawyers with multiple University degrees who've never done a hard day's graft in their lives, JP left school young, from a working class family, joined the merchant navy as a steward, worked and studied hard to better himself, and was charitably sponsored by his union, who could see he was intelligent and hard working, to go to college. When he was at sea he learned to box, and boxed for his ship in merchant navy tournaments. A lot of people sneer at him because he isn't a smooth talker. I think he's done well.

I have no problem that when someone came up behind him and assaulted him (hit him, with an egg in his fist) John didn't cower away and wait for his bodyguards to act. He thumped the bloke. Fair play, I say.



(For the benefit of our foreign readers, John Prescott is our Deputy Prime Minister. Put there because he has a lot of grass roots support, not because he's popular with all the party bosses. He is noted for being inarticulate and stumbling over his words. I would guess he is about 60 now.)

 

[notb665]

(For the benefit of our foreign readers, John Prescott is our Deputy Prime Minister. Put there because he has a lot of grass roots support, not because he's popular with all the party bosses. He is noted for being inarticulate and stumbling over his words. I would guess he is about 60 now.)

He is also a laughing stock. A laughing stock because he was a socialist and like the rest of his party now isn't. A laughing stock because he is an ultra arrogant politician so obviously out for what he can get. A laughing stock because he uses a top range car to travel a few hundred yards - if he was so grass rooted he would've walked it, like I would've. A laughing stock of the 'Labour' Party because he is an aggressive womaniser who likes to have sex after inappropiate ceremonies, like funerals. A laughing stock because he 'forgot' to declare his second home to the local council and got away with paying the relevant taxes. A laughing stock because he plays a stupid lawn game when he should be deputising. This could go and on but he isn't worth it.

 

[JohnD]

You mean, in all those respects, he's just like all the others? Except perhaps like Aitken, Archer and Hamilton, who are crooks as well. Or Edwina Currie, whose office-hours affairs included the Prime Minister? Or Dame Shirley Porter who escaped jail by fleeing the country?

Only difference is he didn't have the advantages of a privileged start in life like most of the others, he had to struggle to better himself. And for that I respect him.

 

[notb665]

You mean, in all those respects, he's just like all the others? Except perhaps like Aitken, Archer and Hamilton, who are crooks as well. Or Edwina Currie, whose office-hours affairs included the Prime Minister? Or Dame Shirley Porter who escaped jail by fleeing the country?

Only difference is he didn't have the advantages of a privileged start in life like most of the others, he had to struggle to better himself. And for that I respect him.

No. All the others tried to keep it a secret, they knew what they did was wrong. New 'Labour' and John Prescott in particular are open that they are theiving fornicators et al. Added to this the fact that the political system in this country, as in the USA, is now skewed to the 'right' as Labour abandoned their traditional values because they were desperate for power. Whatever your belief, there should always be someone who has a different view. There really is no real alternative now and that is a cause for great concern.

 

[JohnD]

But the posting was about John thumping that bloke who assaulted him from behind.

I still don't condemn him for it.








I think you just don't like politicians

 

[Richardp]

well, he's a politician! their all tarred with the same brush the only ones I ever had time for was Wedgy Benn(born with a silver spoon in his gob) and the Beast of Bolsover and even he went quite when Tony Blair turned up.
anyway most politician's would have squealed but prescott gave the mullet head a thick ear and good for him, however! violence is not the way, he should have sat down nicely and chatted to him about the chicken and the egg.

 

[masona]

John should've taken 2 step back and let the police deal with it. I do not want any bad tempered yobbo politician leading this country, it's unprofessional. You have to set a good example, thumping people is not the answer.

 

[Richardp]

yes masona your right' that was what I was trying to say maggy would have banged the heads together.

 

[masona]

maggy would have banged the heads together.

I don't think so, Maggie had a house brick inside her handbag

 

[noodlz]

(For the benefit of our foreign readers, John Prescott is our Deputy Prime Minister. Put there because he has a lot of grass roots support, not because he's popular with all the party bosses. He is noted for being inarticulate and stumbling over his words. I would guess he is about 60 now.)

He is also a laughing stock. A laughing stock because he was a socialist and like the rest of his party now isn't. A laughing stock because he is an ultra arrogant politician so obviously out for what he can get. A laughing stock because he uses a top range car to travel a few hundred yards - if he was so grass rooted he would've walked it, like I would've. A laughing stock of the 'Labour' Party because he is an aggressive womaniser who likes to have sex after inappropiate ceremonies, like funerals. A laughing stock because he 'forgot' to declare his second home to the local council and got away with paying the relevant taxes. A laughing stock because he plays a stupid lawn game when he should be deputising. This could go and on but he isn't worth it.

Well said Notty

For the benefit of our foreign readers, the position of Deputy Prime Minister although may sound very grand is a relatively unimportant one compared to other senior government ministers, a figurehead (meaning Prescott heads it, we go figure ). John Prescott was given this post because of his influence over the unions (very important to the Labour Party) as he comes from a working class background; also because he is a loose cannon (meaning he frequently lets rip obnoxious gases from his person, maiming any person, policy or department within the general vicinity) so the powers that be wanted to put him somewhere they could keep an eye on him and limit his capacity for harming the government.

It is true there are some who look down on him for his oaffish behaviour, but others support him out of inverse snobbery. The side issues associated with him are not good for any government, nor is his hypocrisy, but judging him on his performance in government is the most important thing and there he fails woefully!

 

[JohnD]

...others support him out of inverse snobbery...

Well, I say I respect him because he didn't the the privileged origins of other politicians, and has bettered himself with the help of hard work and innate ability. Perhaps he would have done better if he was a smooth talker like the others.

Everybody hates politicians.